Steve came crashing into me and sent me flying.
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.
send someone flying — send (someone/something) flying to cause someone or something to move very quickly. An explosion rocked the building, sending him flying into a desk … New idioms dictionary
send something flying — send (someone/something) flying to cause someone or something to move very quickly. An explosion rocked the building, sending him flying into a desk … New idioms dictionary
send something flying — send someone/something flying informal phrase to make someone or something move quickly through the air by hitting them Steve came crashing into me and sent me flying. Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym to hit an objectsynonym to move something… … Useful english dictionary
send */*/*/ — UK [send] / US verb [transitive] Word forms send : present tense I/you/we/they send he/she/it sends present participle sending past tense sent UK [sent] / US past participle sent 1) to post a letter or parcel to someone I sent the letters… … English dictionary
send — W1S1 [send] v past tense and past participle sent [sent] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(by post etc)¦ 2¦(radio/computer etc)¦ 3¦(person to place)¦ 4 send (somebody) a message/signal 5 send your love/regards/best wishes etc 6¦(cause to move)¦ 7 send… … Dictionary of contemporary English
send — /send/ verb past tense and past participle sent /sent/ 1 BY POST/RADIO ETC (T) to arrange for something to go or be taken to another place, especially by post: send sb a letter/message/card: Honestly, I get tired of sending Christmas cards. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
send flying — send (someone/something) flying to cause someone or something to move very quickly. An explosion rocked the building, sending him flying into a desk … New idioms dictionary
send — send1 [send] vt. sent, sending [ME senden < OE sendan, akin to Ger senden, Goth sandjan, caus. formation, “to cause to go” < IE base * sent , to go, find out, discover > L sentire, to feel, sense, OIr sēt, way] 1. a) to cause to go or be … English World dictionary
send — [[t]se̱nd[/t]] ♦ sends, sending, sent 1) VERB When you send someone something, you arrange for it to be taken and delivered to them, for example by post. [V n n] Myra Cunningham sent me a note thanking me for dinner... [V n to n] I sent a copy to … English dictionary
Flying disc techniques — Flying discs (including Frisbees) can be thrown in many ways. All involve spinning the disc to give it gyroscopic stability, and accelerating its mass to a certain velocity. Without spin, a disc will wobble and fall; without velocity, the disc… … Wikipedia
